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Sprig Muslin

Gossip, scandal and an unforgettable Regency romance

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Sprig Muslin

By: Georgette Heyer
Narrated by: Amelia Donkor
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He thought he could set her on a better path. But they might both wander astray....

Sir Gareth Ludlow never truly recovered from the death of his fiancée. Years later, a chance encounter with Amanda, a young and devastatingly pretty runaway, inspires him to try to do the right thing and to set her on a path towards a good life.

But Sir Gareth has been neck-deep in a life of debauchery and hedonism ever since his fiancée's death, and Amanda's startlingly lively imagination proves to be more than he'd bargained for. As they both become increasingly entangled in Sir Gareth's scheme, it seems more and more difficult for either of them to lead the life they should....

A witty and delightful historical novel, Sprig Muslin shows why Georgette Heyer has such a huge and devoted readership to this day.

©1956 Georgette Heyer (P)2021 Penguin Audio Fiction Historical Historical Fiction Regency Regency Romance Romance Witty
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Engaging plot featuring a good range of characters. Read in a pleasant voice, although a little hard to distinguish between characters at times.

Engaging plot

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Good story but marred by the reader mispronouncing quite a number of words. The producer should have helped her. Poor work.

Not well read

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This is one of my favourite Georgette Heyer books so it was disappointing that, like many of the latest Penguin releases of her work, the narrator was so amateurish. The usual list of things wrong apply. Poor reading ability, mispronounced words and an annoying habit of breathing in the middle of sentences. I think I will wait until Penguin rerelease the older audio versions before buying any more.

Poor narration

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The frequent mispronunciations annoy me far more than the flat vowels but both at once are an annoying distraction. This is a frequent problem with these Penguin versions.

Lovely story but the narrator is miscast

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The narrator pauses in the middle.... of phrases, PUTS emphasis on odd words, and mispronunces others. I suspect she hasn't read and understood the text enough before recording. I find myself focusing on the narration rather than the story.

The narrator didn't seem to have read the text before recording

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